Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan staged nationwide protests on Friday (November 4), a day after he survived what his aides said was an assassination attempt, blocking key roads in major cities and sometimes clashing with security forces.
In Wazirabad, Khan’s supporters began gathering early at the place where he was shot and urged the former premier – known by millions around the world as a former star cricket player and captain of the national team – to resume his march on Islamabad.
According to Khan’s aide the party called for the protests to continue until its demand for political change in Pakistan is met.
Khan was shot in the leg on Thursday (November 3) as he waved to crowds from a truck-mounted container from which he was leading a protest march on the capital, Islamabad, to press for early elections and the resignation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
